I am single...for the moment but I had experience dealing with the issues of my girlfriend and games. The problem was that my gf didn't want me to spend much time playing game but on her, such as going out (shopping mostly), watching TV series (that I didn't want to watch) or even talking to her (on telephone sometimes T_T).
Actually this had been annoying me so much as I was kinda forced to do many things that I didn't want to do. I tried to save some time for myself, not only for playing games but also going out with friends, staying with my families or even being alone for sometimes. But very soon, I found this totally not working as you just can't always have so many reasons to reject your girlfriend's "invitations". To be honest, I like playing games especially at that time I was in school and had quite a lot of spared time. So I spent time playing games, online or offline with friends. That's what I used to do.
I tried to solve this problem by explaining to her. I said to her that I would like to just spend few time on gaming. However she didn't seem to understand or allow me to do so. I am not complaining that is a problem of women. I can understand what she wants but I am just trying to balance my life and relationship. Unfortunately this didn't work for me and the situation just remained the same.
Then one day, a friend suggested me to ask my girlfriend to play games together. At the beginning I didn't think that's a good idea. However, when I show her the games I was playing at the time, she showed her interests and she asked for a try. Later on, she had become one of the persons I played mostly with. It was still a happy moment for me although we are no longer in relationship.
Now games, especially online games are growing more and more popular and there are different kinds of interaction in online games, like the friend list, voice chat, marriage in game, or guild. Some browsergames have already had these feature as my friends told me. Some of my friends do play games with their girlfriend or boyfriend and I found that gaming is becoming a way of constructing relationship gradually. Rather than going out or watch TV series, playing games allows people truely get involved into an activity, which I think it's the most significant advantage. But just don't be too addicted to it!
Cute characters might be adorable for female players. From 37Games' Chibi.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
My last girlfriend of 5 and a half years, whom I miss very much and wish I was a better man for was a avid "gamer girl".
Sexy, smart, funny, everyone liked her, fun in bed, really really good at games, she kicked ass at DayZ and Epoch mod in a big way, no better back up in the field than you lover. If you get one like I had be smarter than I and do the best you can for her.
I am getting sick of calling them "gamer girls" they are just normal human females that happen to enjoy video games. Just like guys not everyone is a "gamer guy". I know plenty of dudes that don't like video gaming one bit (sad fockers) so yeah it kinda goes all ways. Games are fun and people like them. Girls or more appropriately WOMEN do to.
Yeah, my fiancee played some games but then I introduced her to league of legends and cod and war3 mods and now she's better than me :/ ... in fact I suck at gaming now compared to her haha.
Best feeling though kicking ass with her by my side making awesome plays, not the best feeling when one of you screw up though haha cause you're sitting right next to each other lol
Being young (17) and super into games and female is a lot lonelier than i think most people would imagine. Most people my age who play games only play the surface-level stuff like COD or GTA or AC and nothing else. I don't know anyone in real life that i can have any meaningful conversation about game design or how games can move someone emotionally. Like on youtube i can watch a million channels where a few friends can sit and play through a whole game together, laugh at it or comment on it and it makes me so jealous haha. I'm sure some guys on here can sympathize, but i also find being female makes me intimidating to the few who share my interests (thus, much harder to find people to relate with).
But that's why i'm thankful to have met some cool people on Xbox live and n4g and so on. My love for 80's and 90's music and old survival horror and ps1 rpg's is reciprocated online by the masses, i now know i am just an old soul :P. This is all only sort of on topic, just had to vent that i suppose.
I dated a girl for 5 in a half years that was a huge CoD/Counter Strike gamer. She was just as good as me and my friends in CoD. We broke up a long time ago. However, there was a downside to this too. She always wanted to play when I played. I'd come home from work and she'd be on my PS3... I'd be like aight... time to get off because I want to play now. I bought her a PS3 too so she would stay off mine. She always played WoW with me (she had a level 60 rogue) and she was pretty good. However, she wasn't as good as I wanted her to be so I would get mad. She loved ganking low level hordes though haha.
My current gf isn't really a gamer but she's addicted to Clash of Clans (she has two accounts) and she passed my accounts. She doesn't have the experience with FPS or other games that use controller but I got her to try DriveClub. After about and hour she was able to go about 45MPH around the entire track without hitting any walls... lol. She also played some Diablo with me(she had no idea about what upgraded gear to use but she knew how to use the some of the spells to kill stuff lol).
I really hope I can get her on EverQuest Next. She leaves me alone when I play games. Sometimes she will get annoyed if I haven't payed attention to her in a while.
The girl you had, seemed too needy, and seems like she wanted you to buy her stuff, take her out... Sounds like she needed to get her own friends, go shopping by herself, get her own hobbies, etc. If she didn't like that you played video games... then she wasn't a gf for you. You shouldn't have to change who you are to please some chick. I've done this a few times but end up getting tired of that and when she finds out I play a lot of games... she doesn't like that, so the relationship ends. Don't change who you are because in the long run... when you get bored of your gf and want to do what you want to do... you will be miserable.
I agree gaming is a great thing to do together as a couple if you have a receptive partner.
There are a lot of girls out there who aren't hugely into "gaming" but will still play many games and respect the medium(s). I've been married 10 years (to my face-pic actually) - We played WoW together for a while and she plays a lot of Animal Crossing. We'll play occasional silly multiplayer stuff (Rockband, Bomb Squad, etc) - WoW and weirdly, very early on playing through Silent Hill 2 with her we both remember really fondly.
If you're clever and not overly defensive you can convince most people of the merits of gaming and get a mutually beneficial gaming session on. It's getting more rare to find people who're totally dismissive of games now-adays anyway.
I don't think my GF/wife has ever tried to get me to do any watching things I don't like, etc. It's important everyone has their own things, lives and interests - not everything has to be shared. :)